EL JINETE, A Mariachi Opera

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Saturday, April 27th, 2013
Fridays & Saturdays at 8 pm; Sundays at 2 pm

El Jinete (the Rider) is the world�s first fully-staged Mariachi opera, featuring Los Dorados, Canada�s greatest Mariachi band. It�s a tale of love, vengeance, and the supernatural, told through classics of the Mariachi repertoire.

Inspired by the the Golden Era of Mexican cinema, the play is a black and white film come to life, written and directed by Puente�s artistic director Mercedes B�tiz-Ben�t.

Projection design is by Jamie Nesbitt, lighting design by Itai Erdal, sound design by Chris Hind, and costumes by Florence Barrett.

This production runs 70 minutes with no intermission.

For ticket information, go to http://ticketrocket.org/eljinete or phone 250-590-6291